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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

4 days

The nitty gritty about my adventures in learning to ride a bike.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

Is there anyone left who knows how to diagram a sentence?

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

5 months

Hot take: You don't need an MFA to be a great writer. You can be completely self-taught. Conversely, you can have an MFA from a prestigious university and still be a shitty writer. Opinions?

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Agent responded to my query and absolutely loved the sample I sent. She praised a lot of it and gave detailed feedback on what she thinks needs work. But, she said it's a tough sale for memoir bc I don't have many followers. Follow me! Pump up these numbers! #writerslift

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

My husband has Covid and is quarantined in our guest bedroom. He's mildly sick so no worries. Is it wrong of me to enjoy having uninterrupted writing time for a few days?

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@HC_Richardson Plot twist: 1)Hide classified documents in Ivana's casket. 2) Bury on golf course 3) Host Saudis for golf tournament at said course. 4) Dig up casket and retrieve documents. 5) Sell documents to Saudis for enough 💰 to cover debts. 6) Saudis leave country with national secrets.

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@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@UrbanNathalia @FlavioDino Oh look. In Brazil, they celebrate Insurrection Day on January 8.

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@2HeartCore4U

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@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@HC_Richardson Oh look. In Brazil, they celebrate Insurrection Day on January 8.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

I sent my very first query letter! I've climbed aboard the query-go-round. #amquerying

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

9 months

Another poem of mine was accepted for publication! 🎉 But this is the first time I've had to contact a couple other journals to withdraw it. How do editors view this? Does it annoy them? Or does it make them think your writing might be worthwhile since someone else likes it?

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@mhm5443 @ajsilverstein16 It's this "be thankful" attitude that stifles improvement. In no other patient population would such side effects be tolerated. It's possible to be both grateful and still advocate for improvement.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@HC_Richardson It's my birthday today. I never knew I shared a birthday with Steven Wright.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

4 months

@MariaUloko I'm a heart transplant recipient. I recently had a conversation with another female transplant, and we both were told our heart failure symptoms were due to menopause. She told me about dozens of women who experienced the same thing. Infuriating!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Thank you everyone who followed me! I'm really close to 1,000 followers. Can we keep it going today? Keep sharing and let's get to 1,500! We can do it!

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@2HeartCore4U

8 months

@WriterLDavis That's a lot of words to say "Do not submit or you will regret it."

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@JoJoFromJerz Deadpool

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@2HeartCore4U

5 months

@chillsubs If the email begins with "thank you" it's going to segue into "unfortunately."

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@DrDoyleSays This is why I excelled at managing a 24/7 emergency dispatch department. When things got crazy, I was cool as a cucumber. Day to day, never mind.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

4 months

Today I received a rejection letter for the essay I submitted to @TBQuarterly in July last year. How appropriate to receive it on Cinco de Mayo. Picture of celebratory taco dinner with homemade salsa below.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

Today is the five year anniversary of my second heart transplant!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@lmoon79 @shoobe01 @SawyerHackett I signed it. My friends signed it. Michigan need to stage a protest at the capital.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

I'm 62 followers away from 2500. Let's do this! Then I can tell potential agents, to paraphrase Steve Martin in The Jerk, "Look! I'm somebody now!" #writerslift

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

Looks like the editors are back from their holiday. Four rejections to start the year. I can only go up from here. #writerslife

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@theBrianaMills Just now, in this thread, am I realizing they probably did it so I wouldn't sow my bad genes into the population. Most women can't get a tubal ligation w/o a fight. Wow! 🤯

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ANNELAMOTT You never outgrow the thing that made you grow the way you did and are.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Thank you, all you lovely people for following me. I can't wait to follow you back, once I'm off restriction. It's crazy that I can't follow people because I followed too many in one day. Unless I pay for the check mark. Like posting bail. Sounds like ransom to me. 😐

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@traecrowder My dad lives in Celina. When we visit him, we stay at a nice little cabin near the campground along the river. It's owned by a nice lady named Valerie. DM me and I will give you her number.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

So is writing. #writersoftwitter #WritingLife #WritingCommunity

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@FEELGOODPOSTSX @ANNELAMOTT They are udderly confused.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@itsJeffTiedrich @MuellerSheWrote I never knew that C-SPAN played movies. I spent the afternoon watching "Groundhog Day."

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@theBrianaMills When I was 18 and pregnant, I went into heart failure bc of my congenital heart defect. Drs pushed me to abort to save my life and also assumed baby would have defect so poor quality of life. I did it and begged to tie my tubes. They did it, no pushback. 1/2

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

Today is the 18th anniversary of my first heart transplant. I wrote a post on my website about my gratitude for the past 18 years. You can read it at this link.

Why January 6 Is Important to Me

Today’s date is more than a mere page on the calendar to me. It is a milestone. Today is the eighteenth anniversary of my first heart transplant. January 6, 2006. This time …

dawnlevittauthor.com

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ANNELAMOTT Hypervigilance is a trauma response.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

To clarify, I didn't write this sentence or diagram. This is the opening line of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I snagged the diagram off Facebook about 9 years ago. If anyone knows who the creator is, let me know so I can credit them.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

9 months

@Dee_Camacho Sometimes they diagnose you as being fat. I had a known congenital heart condition. Presented with shortness of breath and fatigue. Dr noted my recent weight gain and told me to lose weight. That weight was fluid overload and I was in heart failure.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ANNELAMOTT I think an appropriate dish would be "just dessert."

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Thank you to everyone who followed my page today! I've doubled the number of followers in one day! As a special reward, here's a picture of Gidget McFidget in her "Blue Steel" pose. #gidgetmcfidget #dogsoftwitter

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

Wow! This has really gone viral. Almost 180k impressions in 24 hours! If half of those turned into follows, maybe the agent who refused me because I didn't have a following would reconsider.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Absolutely true!

The Shit About Writing Podcast

@TSNOTYAW

1 year

Truth bomb Tuesday ❤️👏🏼❤️

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

5 months

@tamrmint Not shaming anyone. Uplifting those who think they can't do it without credentials. Trying to dispel imposter syndrome from some who feel they can't break into the writing world without the proper degree.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@imontheradio It took me a while to find this. The perfect answer.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

7 months

@onlypoemsmag 56. Just started getting published in lit mags. Been writing for 40 years. Just now sharing with the world.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@Taniel @HC_Richardson As a Michigan woman who signed that petition, I can assure you that we won't let this be the end!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

I'm so excited to announce my poem published in @BlueVillaMag !

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

9 months

This is the ornament our youngest son gave for Christmas after my first heart transplant. It's metal and unbreakable.💓

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

From our garden: crushed tomatoes, garlic, 🌶️, basil, zucchini. Sauteed with onion and served over spaghetti squash from the farmers market. 🤌💋

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Today's post is inspired by a young man who did not receive a heart transplant in time, due to the lack of organ donors. Please follow link in post to register as an organ donor. And please subscribe to receive future posts to your inbox. RT appreciated

Hard Truths about Organ Transplant

17 people die every day while waiting for an organ transplant that doesn’t come in time. Recently, a young transplant acquaintance passed away waiting for organs that never came. He received …

dawnlevittauthor.com

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

I just followed 3 people and it said I hit my limit. I don't know if that's for the hour or what. It allows me 3 follows periodically. If I have 1,000 people to follow back at 3/hr, that's a lot of hours. I will get to everyone in time.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

I received my very first rejection on a query letter! One down, 99 to go.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@Guiness_Pig I heard someone refer to a man bun as a douche nozzle and I haven't been able to see it any other way since.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

7 months

Wishing everyone at #AWP a wonderful time! This week, I'm hanging out in Hawaii instead. 🌴🌊🏖️ #SelfCare

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

Medical PTSD is real.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@SeanLemonhead Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Anyone else suffer from Schrodinger's Editor? It's the condition in which your writing is both garbage and a work of art, and you decide which every time you read it? #WritingCommunity

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

I'm excited to share space with so many great pieces in the Winter 24 issue of The Remington Review. @Remingtonlitmag

Remington Review

@Remingtonlitmag

8 months

“…One single dot of blood against the snow remains — the cardinal in search of breakfast.” - @2HeartCore4U Read Dawn Levitt’s poem, “Slant,” and more in our Winter 2024 issue—out now! #litmag #poetry #poems #poets #writing #writers #cardinals

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

Let's go Lions! #DetroitLions #detroithustlesharder

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

7 months

More writing advice.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

9 months

Mediterranean dish w/chickpeas, peppers, onion, and spinach, sauteed in EVOO. Added to quinoa. Doing penance for all that thanksgiving yumminess. #HealthyEating #HeartHealth #imisspie

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

@DouglasDavisRN My only instance of being rude was documented and held against me. I'm a heart transplant pt. Presented to ED with SOB. Post tests, ED doc tells me I'm fine and suggests early menopause as DX. I flipped out. Admitted and found I had rejection. But my reaction follows me still.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@savranly I was a writer in the 90's, but I had to get a job because I like to eat. Now I'm starting over in my 50's. Too disabled to work, I have time at last.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@itsJeffTiedrich I had to change the channel. My lunch was going to come back up from looking at him.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@shaindelr Owning a car. Not running out of food before the end of the month. Buying clothes somewhere other than Goodwill. Wearing braces.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

My poem "Slant" will be in the winter 2024 issue of @Remingtonlitmag #writerscommunity

Remington Review

@Remingtonlitmag

8 months

Introducing our Winter 2024 contributors! We are so excited for you to read and view the works of these talented writers and artists. Our Winter 2024 issue will be released this upcoming week! #litmag #publishing #writers #poets #artists #contributors #litjournal #winter2024

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

My poem "Hunger" published in @BlueVillaMag

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

5 months

Met these big puppies while driving around this morning. They were very interested when I pulled over and chatted with them.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@rebeccaslake @BeccaISWoke @Dawnbtyree Michigan is one of the states that has no minimum age for marriage. It needs to change.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

10 months

Fellow writers, what is your opinion on entering contests with entry fees? Worthwhile? Waste of time and money? Reasons?

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@2HeartCore4U

11 months

@SickGirlProbsss @andreabarrett__ My last appointment turned into a total 💩 show and I ended up dissociating and not talking about anything I wanted to say.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@JessieRenM I have the same setup here.

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@2HeartCore4U

5 months

Happy Punday!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Today I learned that there's a limit on how many people you can follow in a day. If I didn't follow you back yet, I will. Waiting to be allowed. Thank you everyone! My followers more than doubled today. I appreciate you! 🥰

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

4 months

@MariaUloko It's amazing how much the quality of care varies between doctors. My first cardiologist wanted to make me DNR when I went into heart failure. I transferred to another hospital, and they gave me a heart transplant.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

This is where I am. I foresee zero housecleaning in my future. What a shame.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@CarolineKautsi1 You're living my dream!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Check out my essay published today in Inside Health.

My shortness of breath from congestive heart failure was shrugged off by my doctor — I was told to...

My doctor blamed my breathlessness on my weight when I needed a heart transplant — now I've learned how to advocate for myself.

www.businessinsider.com

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@VagabondaFFn @EJDionne I'm one of the volunteers who worked the phones for her campaign. Making sure everyone gets out to vote!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

Just attended a zoom reading she did. @dlseuss is one of the greatest poets alive today.

Poets & Writers

@poetswritersinc

6 months

“All poetry is elegy,” as Diane Seuss muses, in conversation with @biancastone . Like Keats, a poem in her new collection Modern Poetry transforms her father “into an objective presence, an objective recipient of love.” Check out this #PrintOnly interview:

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Damn if that's not the truth.

Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle

@DrDoyleSays

1 year

Eh, maybe your story right now isn't the straightforward, heroic "comeback" tale that our culture loves. Maybe it has messy or tragic digressions-- even in adulthood. I can tell you mine does. You might be an imperfect hero. But guess who else is? Every survivor ever.

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ANNELAMOTT Thank you. My own mother was a wire monkey, and I lost my only pregnancy. It's a good day to avoid TV and enjoy a good book with my dogs.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

4 months

May the 4th be with you!

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

5 months

#Eclipse2024

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

10 months

I've lost count.

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@2HeartCore4U

4 months

Good advice.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ANNELAMOTT @SAMLAMOTT @NealFAllen I was pronounced dead 19 years ago this week, but I never gave up. Working on getting published now.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

6 months

Question for fellow writers. I have over 50 subs pending reply, some going back 6 months. Is this normal? I'm beginning to think submittable is broken and sending my work off into space. #writersoftwitter #WritingCommmunity

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@UntoNuggan Oh, gawd, yes. Some doctors see an educated patient as a threat to their authority.

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@2HeartCore4U

4 months

Gidget McFidget and Bruce Wayne wish you a happy weekend filled with BBQ, family, and squirrels!

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@2HeartCore4U

11 months

@Author_S_Miller I would like to get closer to 2,000. I'm at 1,700.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

Today's post details how my PTSD impacted a recent medical visit.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

11 months

Today's post is on Gratitude as I celebrate the five year anniversary of my second heart transplant.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

My latest blog post is about waiting for a heart transplant, all alone except for Gidget McFidget.

Furry Friday – Blue Steel

It’s the middle of September, and I always get a little sentimental during this time. My mind drifts back five years to September of 2018 when I lived in an apartment in Nashville, Tennessee …

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

1 year

Today's post discusses the string of misdiagnoses and the tenacity that led me to the correct answer.

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

8 months

2024 begins. My husband is still in quarantine. My elderly dog had a bout of pancreatitis and kept me up half the night. She seems fine this morning. Younger dog freaked out over fireworks at midnight. And I woke up to two rejections in my inbox. But I do have coffee. ☕

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@2HeartCore4U

10 months

Trick or treat notification system. #dogsofhalloween

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@Guiness_Pig I wear it because I got tired of waxing my lady 'stache. Wanna see it?

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@2HeartCore4U

11 months

Bruce Wayne says it's a good day to wear his little sweater and nap in front of the heat vent. #brucewaynedog #sweaterweather

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@2HeartCore4U

1 year

@ajsilverstein16 Amy, I'm sorry to read this news. You have been an inspiration to me and others in the transplant community. I wish comfort and peace for you. 💞

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Dawn Levitt - Author

@2HeartCore4U

2 years

@cheerios This you?